C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
Index to Authors
Ghazel and Song by Abdallah Nihauni |
Dark Aspect and Prospect by Abdulkerim |
Dies Iræ by Thomas à Celano (c. 1200–c. 1265) |
There’s Nae Luck About the House by Jean Adam (1704–1765) |
The Wants of Man by John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) |
Lament by Ahi, the Sigher |
Bos’n Hill by John Albee (1833–1915) |
A Song of Life by Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892) |
Mine Own Work by Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892) |
A Death-Bed by James Aldrich (1810–1856) |
The Burial of Moses by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895) |
What’s A’ the Steer, Kimmer? by Robert Allan (1774–1841) |
Bringing Our Sheaves with Us by Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911) |
Alone in the Fields by Hermann Allmers (1821–1902) |
Young and Old by Henry Allsopp |
The Auld Stuarts Back Again—Anonymous |
A Farewell to the Vanities of the World—Anonymous |
Crocuses at Nottingham—Anonymous |
St. Ouen in Picardy—Anonymous |
The Cowboy by John Antrobus (1831–1907) |
Drift by George Arnold (1834–1865) |
The Haymakers’ Song by Alfred Austin (1835–1913) |
Parting of Godfrid and Olympia by Alfred Austin (1835–1913) |
Two Dreams by Henry Willard Austin (1858–1912) |
Kulnasatz, My Reindeer—Author and Translator Unknown |
The Nut-Brown Maid—Author Unknown |
Love will Find Out the Way—Author Unknown |
Love Me Little, Love Me Long—Author Unknown |
Adieu for Evermore—Author Unknown |
Begone, Dull Care—Author Unknown |
Sir John Barleycorn—Author Unknown |
The Fairy Queen—Author Unknown |
The Merry Pranks of Robin Good-Fellow—Author Unknown |
The Lady Poverty—Author Unknown |
Fair Helen—Author Unknown |
To Phillis—Author Unknown |
Winifreda—Author Unknown |
A Twelfth-Century Lyric—Author Unknown |
A Nineteenth-Century Lyric—Author Unknown |
Phillida Flouts Me—Author Unknown |
The White Rose—Author Unknown |
My Love in Her Attire Doth Shew Her Wit—Author Unknown |
Doubt—Author Unknown |
The Bridal of Andalla—Author Unknown |
The Vicar of Bray—Author Unknown |
St. Anthony’s Sermon to the Fishes—Author Unknown |
The Strasburg Clock—Author Unknown |
The Clown’s Song—Author Unknown |
Song of the Forge—Author Unknown |
“I Have Loved Flowers that Fade”—Author Unknown |
Ancient Gueber Hymn—Author Unknown |
Tranquillity—Author Unknown |
The Gate of Heaven—Author Unknown |
Dies Iræ—Author Unknown |
Jonah’s Voyage in the Whale—Author Unknown |
Pearl—Author Unknown |
Binnorie—Author Unknown |
The Wife of Usher’s Well—Author Unknown |
Lord Lovel—Author Unknown |
Barbara Allen’s Cruelty—Author Unknown |
The Story of Karin—Author Unknown |
The Merman—Author Unknown |
Persian Epigrams—Author Unknown |
To Sultan Murad II.—Author Unknown |
The Dowry—Author Unknown |
Fronti Nulla Fides—Author Unknown |
Lines on the Launching of the Bash-tardah—Author Unknown |
The Time of the Barmecides—Author Unknown |
The Arab Lover to His Mistress—Author Unknown |
Mother to Her Daughter—Author Unknown |
An Indian Narcissus—Author Unknown |
Sorry Cupid’s Merry-go-Round—Author Unknown |
Mahatma—Author Unknown |
Detachment—Author Unknown |
“When I Have a Convenient Season”—Author Unknown |
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi—Author Unknown |
From the ‘Garland of Questions and Answers’—Author Unknown |
The Letter Killeth—Author Unknown |
Sham Admiration in Literature—Author Unknown |
Realities—Author Unknown |
Wisdom is Better Than Rubies—Author Unknown |
The Senses—Author Unknown |
Use and Waste—Author Unknown |
“I Were But Little Happy if I Could Say How Much”—Author Unknown |
The Lost Heart—Author Unknown |
“Full Many a Flower is Born to Blush Unseen”—Author Unknown |
O Cotton-Tree!—Author Unknown |
Solid Something—Author Unknown |
Just My Luck—Author Unknown |
The Five Double U’s—Author Unknown |
Death Better Than Poverty—Author Unknown |
The Metempsychosis (I)—Author Unknown |
The Metempsychosis (II)—Author Unknown |
[Greek]—Author Unknown |
Song of the Tonga-Islanders—Author Unknown |
The Captain in Love—Author Unknown |
Love Detected—Author Unknown |
Country Loves—Author Unknown |
The Leaves of Maize—Author Unknown |
Returned with Usury—Author Unknown |
“O dove, that flying o’er the hill”—Author Unknown |
Santa Zita: The Miracle at the Well—Author Unknown |
The Golden Girdle—Author Unknown |
Invocation—Author Unknown |
On a Quiet Life by Avienus (4th Century) |
The Refusal of Charon by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865) |
To “Prowl,” My Cat by “C. K. B.” in London Spectator |
The Time o’ Day by Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933) |
The Return by Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) |
Werena My Heart Licht by Lady Grisel Baillie (1665–1746) |
De Profundis by Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877) |
Muckle-Mou’d Meg by James Ballantine (1808–1877) |
Its Ain Drap o’ Dew by James Ballantine (1808–1877) |
The Ballad of the Common Folk by Théodore de Banville (1823–1891) |
Onward, Christian Soldiers by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) |
Auld Robin Gray by Lady Anne (Lindsay) Barnard (1750–1825) |
Faithful Friends by Richard Barnfield (1574–1627) |
The Nightingale by Richard Barnfield (1574–1627) |
The Place to Die by Michael Joseph Barry (1817–1889) |
Bruce and the Spider by Bernard Barton (1784–1849) |
The Mistletoe Bough by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) |
The Hadley Weathercock by Julia Taft Bayne (1845–1933) |
Hesperus Sings by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849) |
Unnumbered by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849) |
Dream-Peddlery by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849) |
His Footsteps by Henry Augustin Beers (1847–1926) |
André’s Ride by Augustus Henry Beesly (1839–1909) |
In a Rose-Garden by John Bennett (1865–1956) |
After Construing by Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925) |
Fohi’s Retribution by Joel Benton (1832–1911) |
There Was a Jolly Miller by Isaac Bickerstaff (1735–1812?) |
The Hope of the Heterodox by John Stuart Blackie (1809–1895) |
A Ballad of Deathless Dons by Wilfrid Blair (1889–1968) |
To Nell Gwynne’s Looking-Glass by Laman Blanchard (1803–1845) |
Ballad of a Bridal by Edith (Nesbit) Bland (1858–1924) |
A Tragedy by Edith (Nesbit) Bland (1858–1924) |
To-morrows and To-morrows by Gertrude Bloede (Stuart Sterne) (1845–1905) |
Awaking by Gertrude Bloede (Stuart Sterne) (1845–1905) |
From ‘Thoreau: In Memoriam’ by Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900) |
Laughter and Death by Wilfred Scawen Blunt (1840–1922) |
Her Creed by Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841–1916) |
A Little While by Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) |
The Master’s Touch by Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) |
Longing by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1815–1891) |
Accordance by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1815–1891) |
The Wearing of the Green by Dion Boucicault (1820/22–1890) |
Light by Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921) |
Two Robbers by Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921) |
Here: and There by Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921) |
When My Cousin Comes to Town by W. P. Bourke |
Busy, Curious, Thirsty Fly by Vincent Bourne (1695–1747) |
Benedicite by Anna Callender Brackett (1836–1911) |
Early Spring by Anna Callender Brackett (1836–1911) |
Within by Anna Callender Brackett (1836–1911) |
Immanence by Anna Callender Brackett (1836–1911) |
Asian Birds by Robert Bridges (1844–1930) |
The Hungry Sea by Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878) |
Love’s Without Reason by Alexander Brome (1620–1666) |
The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) |
The Earth and Man by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1832–1916) |
Disappointment by Maria Gowen Brooks (Maria del Occidente) (1794?–1845) |
A Benedictine Garden by Alice Brown (1857–1948) |
Oh the Pleasant Days of Old! by Frances Browne (1816–1879) |
I Love to Steal Awhile Away by Phoebe (Hinsdale) Brown (1783–1861) |
When We Are All Asleep by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) |
The Strange Country by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) |
Flower of the World by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) |
The Dead Mother by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) |
Hermione by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) |
From ‘Dunstan; or the Politician’ by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) |
We Are Children by Robert Buchanan (1841–1901) |
A Book-Lover’s Apologia by Harriette C. S. Buckham |
“Work Out Your Salvation with Heedfulness”—Buddha’s Dying Word |
Take Heart! by Lucy C. Bull |
The Witch by Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794) |
Aftermath by Herbert Gardner, Lord Burghclere (1846–1921) |
Kitchener’s March by Amelia Josephine Burr (1878–1968) |
Sea Witchery by Richard Burton (1861–1940) |
Contrasts by Richard Burton (1861–1940) |
If We Had the Time by Richard Burton (1861–1940) |
The Race of the “Boomers” by Richard Burton (1861–1940) |
Horizons by Frances Louisa Bushnell (1834–1899) |
Delay by Frances Louisa Bushnell (1834–1899) |
Miss Flora M’Flimsey by William Allen Butler (1825–1902) |
The Tryst of the Night by Mary Clarissa (May) Gillington Byron (1861–1936) |
What the King said to Christ at the Judgment by Isa Carrington Cabell (1860–1923) |
The People’s Petition by Wathen Marks Wilks Call (1817–1890) |
Song to Aithne by Ian Cameron (Ian Mór) |
Langemarck at Ypres by William Wilfred Campbell (1861–1918) |
In Imagine Pertransit Homo by Thomas Campion (1567–1620) |
If I Could Only Write by Ramón de Campoamor (1817–1901) |
The Piper of Gijón by Ramón de Campoamor (1817–1901) |
The Wanderer by William Canton (1845–1926) |
Sally in Our Alley by Henry Carey (1687?–1743) |
Betsey and I Are Out by Will Carleton (1845–1912) |
How Betsey and I Made Up by Will Carleton (1845–1912) |
An Order for a Picture by Alice Cary (1820–1871) |
Nearer Home by Phoebe Cary (1824–1871) |
Gracie Og Machree by John Keegan Casey (1846–1870) |
Carmen by Madison Cawein (1865–1914) |
Strollers by Madison Cawein (1865–1914) |
A Threnody by Madison Cawein (1865–1914) |
The Making of Men by John White Chadwick (1840–1904) |
A Prayer for Unity by John White Chadwick (1840–1904) |
Eily Considine by Robert William Chambers (1865–1933) |
How Persimmons Took Care ob der Baby by Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850–1922) |
A Poet’s Hope by William Ellery Channing (1818–1901) |
Sleepy Hollow by William Ellery Channing (1818–1901) |
The Larger Prayer by Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (1824–1904) |
Evening Song by John Vance Cheney (1848–1922) |
A Saint of Yore by John Vance Cheney (1848–1922) |
April in Ireland by Nora Hopper Chesson (1871–1906) |
The Wife of Flanders by G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) |
The Cloister by Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) |
The Parting Lovers by Chinese |
The Brave Old Oak by Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872) |
The Guest—From Christ Church MS. |
Hymn and Prayer by James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) |
To the Memory of Ben Jonson by John Cleveland (1613–1658) |
If Love Were Not by Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927) |
Combatants by Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927) |
Conscience by Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927) |
Ships at Sea by Robert Barry Coffin (“Barry Gray”) (1826–1886) |
“If I Have Sinned” by Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849) |
Ellen Terry’s Beatrice by Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934) |
Narcissus in Camden by Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934) |
A Radical by Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934) |
To-day by Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934) |
The House of Hate by Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934) |
The Old Arm-Chair by Eliza Cook (1818–1889) |
Meadow-Larks by Ina Donna Coolbrith (1841–1928) |
Respite by Ina Donna Coolbrith (1841–1928) |
Amaturus by William Johnson Cory (1823–1892) |
Light Shining Out of Darkness by William Cowper (1731–1800) |
March by Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1818–1896) |
An Experience and a Moral by Frederick Swartwout Cozzens (1818–1869) |
The American Pantheon by Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813–1892) |
Thought by Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813–1892) |
Wishes for the Supposed Mistress by Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649) |
Vive la France! by Charlotte Holmes Crawford (1885–1971) |
Kathleen Mavourneen by Louisa McCartney Crawford (1790–1858) |
An English Soldier’s Testament by Eliot Crawshay-Williams (1879–1962) |
A Harrow Grave in Flanders by Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe (1858–1945) |
“It’s Hame, and It’s Hame” by Allan Cunningham (1784–1842) |
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham (1784–1842) |
Song of Steam by George Washington Cutter (1801?–1865) |
To the Lark by Dafydd ap Gwilym (fl. Fourteenth Century) |
Song of the Fairy Peddler by George Darley (1795–1846) |
The Flower of Beauty by George Darley (1795–1846) |
Morning Song by Sir William Davenant (1606–1668) |
A Cinque Port by John Davidson (1857–1909) |
London by John Davidson (1857–1909) |
A Loafer by John Davidson (1857–1909) |
The Ladye Love by George Montgomery Davie (1848–1900) |
The Tornado by Charles de Kay (1848–1935) |
The Draft Riot by Charles de Kay (1848–1935) |
Love and Death by Margaret Deland (1857–1945) |
The Rosemary by Margaret Deland (1857–1945) |
Life by Margaret Deland (1857–1945) |
Wishes and Prayers by Margaret Deland (1857–1945) |
God by Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816) |
Indian Summer by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) |
The Service of Song by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) |
Epigram to a Friend who had Invited the Author to Supper, and Read to Him a Book of his Ghazels by Djeseri Kasim-Pasha, surnamed Safi, or The Speckless |
On Leave by Houston Larmour Doak (1890–1953) |
Sursum by Philip Doddridge (1702–1751) |
Larks and Nightingales by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935) |
The Abbé’s Dream by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935) |
The Dead Solomon by John Aylmer Dorgan (1836–1867) |
The Apple-Tree by Julia C. R. Dorr (1825–1913) |
Sealed Orders by Julia C. R. Dorr (1825–1913) |
Annie Laurie by William Douglas of Kirkcudbright (1672?–1748) |
Glee by T. M. Dovaston |
The Revel by Bartholomew Dowling (1823–1863) |
The Private of the Buffs by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888) |
Belgium the Bar-lass by Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (Robinson-Darmesteter) (1857–1944) |
Lament of the Irish Emigrant by Helen Selina, Lady Dufferin Sheridan (1807–1867) |
The Avaricious Shepherdess by Charles Rivière Dufresny (1657–1724) |
Conscience and Remorse by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) |
The Thanksgiving of the Pharisee by Durweesh Fakrideed of Klish |
My Minde to Me a Kingdom Is by Sir Edward Dyer (1543–1607) |
Mare Liberum by Henry van Dyke (1852–1933) |
When Did We Meet? by Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863–1953) |
The Highway by Louise Betts Edwards |
My Shadow by Louise Betts Edwards |
The Chrysalis of a Bookworm by Maurice Francis Egan (1852–1924) |
Maurice de Guérin by Maurice Francis Egan (1852–1924) |
Amynta by Sir Gilbert Elliot (1722–1777) |
The Bramble Flower by Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849) |
Ben Bolt by Thomas Dunn English (1819–1902) |
Vision of a Fair Woman by Ancient Erse |
The Seven Fiddlers by Sebastian Evans (1830–1909) |
Just a Multitude of Curls by Cora Fabbri (1871–1892) |
I Wonder by Cora Fabbri (1871–1892) |
The Web by Cora Fabbri (1871–1892) |
Paradise by Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) |
The Will of God by Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) |
Territorials by Agnes S. Falconer |
Rivals by Virginia Peyton Fauntleroy |
Molly Asthore by Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886) |
Serenade by Nathan Field (1587–1620?) |
The River Charles by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
Defiance by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
“A Thousand Years in Thy Sight Are but as One Day” by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
Theocritus by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
Helena by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
Flammantis Mœnia Mundi by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
The Comforter by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
Clytia by Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915) |
The Blue and the Gray by Francis Miles Finch (1827–1907) |
The O’Lincon Family by Wilson Flagg (1805–1884) |
Panglory’s Wooing Song by Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
“Who Only Stand and Wait” by Jefferson Butler Fletcher (1865–1946) |
To a Turkish Author by Foozooli |
Memory by Foozooli |
To Amíne, on Seeing Her About to Veil Her Mirror by Foozooli |
From ‘Bhang U Badeh’ by Foozooli |
The Jewish Conscript by Florence Kiper Frank (1885–1976) |
Jesus the Carpenter by Christina Catherine Fraser-Tytler (Mrs. Edward Liddell) (b. 1848) |
The Maiden and the Lily by John Fraser (1750–1811) |
The Gift by Hugh Rex Freston (1891–1916) |
God With Us by Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham (1793–1870) |
Nightfall by William Henry Furness (1802–1896) |
June in London by Norman Gale (1862–1942) |
In Littles by William Channing Gannett (1840–1923) |
Her “Allowance!” by Lillian Gard |
The Ballad of the Boat by Richard Garnett (1835–1906) |
Freedom of the Mind by William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879) |
Passage by Ghalib |
The Father by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962) |
The Question by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962) |
Raining by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878–1962) |
“I Have No Ring” by Bernard Gilbert (1882–1927) |
The Dead by Violet Gillespie |
The Rosy Musk-Mallow by Alice E. Gillington (1863–1934) |
The Rock and the Sea by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) |
Sure, It’s Fun by Richard Butler Glaenzer (1876–1937) |
Wae’s Me for Prince Charlie! by William Glen (1789–1826) |
Vanitas! Vanitatum Vanitas! by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) |
Cinderella by Dora Read Goodale (1866–1953) |
The Judgment by Dora Read Goodale (1866–1953) |
The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865) |
My Dear and Only Love by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (1612–1650) |
“If Doughty Deeds” by Robert Graham of Gartmore (1735–1797) |
Faith and Hope by Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838) |
The Rose of Kenmare by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846–1931) |
Irish Lullaby by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846–1931) |
Cross of Gold by David Gray (1836–1888) |
Old Grimes by Albert Gorton Greene (1802–1868) |
What My Lover Said by Homer Greene (1853–1940) |
“Bring Me Word How Tall She Is” by Dora Greenwell (1821–1882) |
Into Battle by Julian Grenfell (1888–1915) |
The Last Poet by Anastasius Grün (1806–1876) |
In the Docks by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) |
The Wild Ride by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) |
Tryste Noel by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) |
Peter Rugg the Bostonian by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) |
Night unto Night Showeth Forth Knowledge by William Habington (1605–1654) |
A Modern Psyche by Eliza Calvert Hall (1856–1935) |
The Trooper to His Mare by Charles Graham Halpine (1829–1868) |
Non-Combatant by Cicely Mary Hamilton (1875–1952) |
September by Susan Frances Harrison (“Seranus”) (1859–1935) |
The Mother by Susan Frances Harrison (“Seranus”) (1859–1935) |
To a Daisy by John Hartley (1839–1915) |
Take My Life by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879) |
The Song of the Western Men by Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875) |
An Opal by Ednah Proctor Clarke Hayes |
The Guide-Post by Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826) |
Questionings by Frederic Henry Hedge (1805–1890) |
The Palm and the Pine by Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) |
A Revery of Boyhood by Heinrich von Morungen (d. 1222) |
Song to Gabrielle by King Henry IV. of France (1553–1610) (attributed) |
Whenas in Silks My Julia Goes by Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
The Song of Hatred by Georg Herwegh (1817–1875) |
The Protest by Georg Herwegh (1817–1875) |
Pack, Clouds, Away by Thomas Heywood (c. 1570–1641) |
Shepherd’s Song by Thomas Heywood (c. 1570–1641) |
The Things I Miss by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823–1911) |
Sparkling and Bright by Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884) |
Monterey by Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884) |
To the Rose by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) |
Duty by Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848) |
Hail, Columbia! by Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842) |
The Old Way by Ronald Arthur Hopwood (1868–1949) |
The Indwelling God by Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840–1929) |
The Legend of Walbach Tower by George Houghton |
Milton’s Prayer of Patience by Elizabeth (Lloyd) Howell (1811–1896) |
The Helmsman by Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (1864–1960) |
The Sea-Fowler by Mary Howitt (1799–1888) |
Rest by Mary Woolsey Howland (1832–1864) |
Old by Ralph Hoyt (1806–1878) |
Dead Sea Fruit by Hudayi II., of Anatolia |
The Indian’s Death Song by Anne Hunter (1742–1821) |
Faith by William Henry Hurlburt (1827–1895) |
The Fools’ Waltz by Helen Thayer Hutcheson (1860–1886) |
A King in Egypt by Helen Thayer Hutcheson (1860–1886) |
Nelly of the Top-Knots by Douglas Hyde (1860–1949) |
The Twa Weelums by Violet Jacob (1863–1946) |
A Smiling Demon of Notre Dame by Sophie Jewett (Ellen Burroughs) (1861–1909) |
“If Spirits Walk” by Sophie Jewett (Ellen Burroughs) (1861–1909) |
The Modern Romans by Charles Frederick Johnson (1836–1931) |
Bonaventura by Ellen Frances Terry Johnson |
The Flight of the Crows by Emily Pauline Johnson (1861–1913) |
Wave-Won by Emily Pauline Johnson (1861–1913) |
Sacrifice by Emily Pauline Johnson (1861–1913) |
Ojistoh by Emily Pauline Johnson (1861–1913) |
Moods of the Soul by Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937) |
For Divine Strength by Samuel Johnson (1822–1882) |
The Old Church by Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) |
When the World is Burning by Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860) |
The Song of the Lower Classes by Ernest Charles Jones (1819–1869) |
Watching by Emily Chubbuck Judson (Fanny Forrester) (1817–1854) |
Ghazel: The World by Kemal-oomi |
Orara by Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
Morning Hymn by Thomas Ken (1637–1711) |
Robin Adair by Lady Caroline Keppel (c. 1734–1769) |
The Richest Prince by Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) |
Threshed Out by Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1857–1926) |
The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key (1779–1843) |
Night is Nearing by Baba Khodjee |
Saying of Kemalledin Khogendi by Kemalledin Khogendi |
The White Ships and the Red by Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) |
The Guest by Harriet McEwen Kimball (1834–1917) |
Sleep on, My Love by Henry King (1592–1669) |
The Poster Knight to His Lady by Schuyler King |
The Blackbird’s Song by Henry Kingsley (1830–1876) |
Recessional by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) |
Cages and Rhymes by Karl Knortz (1841–1918) |
The Ballad of the Brides of Quair by Isa Craig Knox (1831–1881) |
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? by William Knox (1789–1825) |
The Departure for Syria by Alexandre, Comte de Laborde (1773–1842) |
The Day After the Betrothal by Eva L. Ogden Lambert |
Description of Morning by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
Effects of Laziness by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
To Mailuka by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
To Rayab Ana Sherehemiz, the Female Traveler by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
To Zureida by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
Opinions no Pinions by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
Orthodoxy, or the Doxy? by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
The Panegyric of Amrapolas, near Brusa by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
Trophy Taken from Love by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
Haroun-Al-Rashid and the Dust by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
What Is Love? by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
Epigram: ‘Get silver ice’ by Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash) |
A Forecast by Archibald Lampman (1861–1899) |
The Fairy Queen Sleeping by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) |
A Threnody by George Thomas Lanigan (1845–1886) |
Hannah Binding Shoes by Lucy Larcom (1826–1893) |
Perfect Peace by Augusta Larned (1835–1924) |
The Heart of a Song by George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898) |
The Star to its Light by George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898) |
Departure by William Cranston Lawton (1853–1941) |
Life by William Cranston Lawton (1853–1941) |
Critic and Poet by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
The South by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
The Crowing of the Red Cock by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
Gifts by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
Chopin by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
The World’s Justice by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
The Cranes of Ibycus by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
The Banner of the Jew by Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) |
The Prime of Life by Walter Learned (1847–1915) |
What the Sonnet Is by Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845–1907) |
Songs of the Sea by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) |
Hans Breitmann’s Party by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) |
The Spires of Oxford by Winifred Mary Letts (1882–1972) |
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) |
Love and Youth by William James Linton (1812–1897) |
What Life Is by Julie Mathilde Lippmann (1864–1952) |
The Marseillaise by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836) |
Not My Will, but Thine by M. A. L. |
Beware by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
The Golden Sunset by Samuel Longfellow (1819–1892) |
Greeting by Samuel Longfellow (1819–1892) |
Vesper Hymn by Samuel Longfellow (1819–1892) |
To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace (1618–1658) |
To Althea by Richard Lovelace (1618–1658) |
Before the Declaration of War by Amy Lowell (1874–1925) |
Patterns by Amy Lowell (1874–1925) |
His Only Way by Habberton Lulham |
Bird Song from ‘Alexander and Campaspe’ by John Lyly (1555?–1606) |
Song of the Fairies by John Lyly (1555?–1606) |
Abide With Me by Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847) |
Antony and Cleopatra by William Haines Lytle (1826–1863) |
Tell Me, My Heart, if This Be Love by George, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773) |
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (1872–1918) |
A Spring Trouble by William Macdonald |
The Weaving of the Tartan by Alice Clare MacDonell |
A Burmese Parable by Frances Laughton Mace (1836–1899) |
A Dancer by Ernest McGaffey (b. 1861) |
The Thrush’s Song by William MacGillivray (1796–1852) |
Tubal Cain by Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
Differences by Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
The Waking of the Lark by Eric Mackay (1851–1898) |
“Though Naught They May to Others Be” by George McKnight (1840–1897) |
The Closing Doors by Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp) (1855–1905) |
Lullaby by Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp) (1855–1905) |
The Song of Ethlenn Stuart by Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp) (1855–1905) |
The Old Continentals by Guy Humphrey McMaster (1829–1887) |
The Northern Lights by Guy Humphrey McMaster (1829–1887) |
Brant to the Indians by Guy Humphrey McMaster (1829–1887) |
Scent o’ Pines by Hugh M’Culloch |
To Melos, Pomegranate Isle by Grace Harriet Macurdy (1866–1946) |
November in the South by Walter Malone (1866–1915) |
The Longing of Circe by Cameron Mann (1851–1932) |
From ‘The Old Church-Yard of Bonchurch’ by Philip Bourke Marston (1850–1887) |
Before and After the Flower-Birth by Philip Bourke Marston (1850–1887) |
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) |
Twickenham Ferry by Théophile Marzials (1850–1920) |
The Voyage by Caroline Atherton Mason (1823–1890) |
Little Willie by Gerald Massey (1828–1907) |
The Poor Clerk—Mediæval Breton |
The Cross by the Way—Mediæval Breton |
Time’s A-flying (Lauriger Horatius)—Mediæval Latin Student Songs |
Gaudeamus Igitur—Mediæval Latin Student Songs |
Love in the Valley by George Meredith (1828–1909) |
Give Me the Old by Robert Hinckley Messinger (1811–1874) |
Without and Within by Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782) |
The Fleets by M. G. Meugens |
Renouncement by Alice Meynell (1847–1922) |
An Unmarked Festival by Alice Meynell (1847–1922) |
San Lorenzo Giustiniani’s Mother by Alice Meynell (1847–1922) |
The Frontier by Lloyd Mifflin (1846–1921) |
The Brookside by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) |
Master and Pupil by O. M. |
Any Soul to Any Body by William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840–1901) |
Arnold Winkelried by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) |
Come Ye Disconsolate by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) |
Love and Humility by Henry More (1614–1687) |
Woodman, Spart That Tree! by George Pope Morris (1802–1864) |
In Springtide by Sir Lewis Morris (1833–1907) |
The Surface and the Depths by Sir Lewis Morris (1833–1907) |
Riding Together by William Morris (1834–1896) |
The Power of Beauty by James Herbert Morse (1841–1923) |
Come Back, Dear Days by Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908) |
Shall I Look Back? by Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908) |
Help Thou My Unbelief by Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908) |
Fulfillment by William Augustus Muhlenberg (1796–1877) |
“I Would not Live Alway” by William Augustus Muhlenberg (1796–1877) |
Doris: A Pastoral by Arthur Joseph Munby (1828–1910) |
The Root’s Dream by Richard Kendall Munkittrick (1853–1911) |
“When Will the War Be By?” by Charles Murray (1864–1941) |
From the ‘Ode to Malibran’ by Alfred de Musset (1810–1857) |
Indian Maid’s War Song—Nada-Wossi (Canada) Poem |
Carcassonne by Gustave Nadaud (1820–1893) |
Song of Summer by Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) |
Spring by Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) |
Farewell, Earth’s Bliss by Thomas Nashe (1567–1601) |
Body and Soul by Emma Huntington Nason (1845–1921) |
Drake’s Drum by Sir Henry John Newbolt (1862–1938) |
The Heath-Cock by William Nicholson |
The Fisher-Lad by J. A. Nicklin |
The Old by Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel (1834–1894) |
The Pauper’s Drive by Thomas Noel (1799–1861) |
The Dedication of a Church by Andrews Norton (1786–1853) |
The King of Denmark’s Ride by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan) Norton (1808–1877) |
A Spinning Song by John Francis O’Donnell (1837–1874) |
The Sea by Eva L. Ogden |
His Way by Eva L. Ogden |
Canadians by Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) |
The Bivouac of the Dead by Theodore O’Hara (1820–1867) |
The Haste of Love by Martin Opitz (1597–1639) |
Metempsychosis by Duffield Osborne (1858–1917) |
We Are the Music-Makers by Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy (1844–1881) |
The Fountain of Tears by Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy (1844–1881) |
A Danish Barrow by Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897) |
Stonewall Jackson’s Way by John Williamson Palmer (1825–1906) |
My Faith Looks Up to Thee by Ray Palmer (1808–1887) |
“Mentre Ritorna il Sole” by Enrico Panzacchi (1840–1904) |
A Volume of Dante by Caroline Wilder Fellowes Paradise (1862–1904) |
Love Bringeth Life by Caroline Wilder Fellowes Paradise (1862–1904) |
How to Love by Elizabeth (Bessie) Chandler Parker (b. 1856) |
Ye Gentlemen of England by Martin Parker (d. 1656?) |
The Almighty Love by Theodore Parker (1810–1860) |
Madrigal Triste by John Payne (1842–1916) |
Home, Sweet Home by John Howard Payne (1791–1852) |
Royalty by Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922) |
The Other One by Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914) |
Dollie by Samuel Minturn Peck (1854–1938) |
Priscilla by Samuel Minturn Peck (1854–1938) |
Cupid’s Curse by George Peele (1556–1596) |
To Seneca Lake by James Gates Percival (1795–1856) |
After the Ball by Nora Perry (1831–1896) |
“Reszket a Bokor, mert” by Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849) |
The Two Locks of Hair by Gustav Pfizer (1807–1890) |
Dorothy by Charles Henry Phelps (1853–1933) |
The Apparition by Stephen Phillips (1868–1915) |
The Blackberry Farm by John James Piatt (1835–1917) |
The Witch in the Glass by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) |
After Wings by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) |
My Child by John Pierpont (1785–1866) |
Universal Worship by John Pierpont (1785–1866) |
Every Year by Albert Pike (1809–1891) |
The Three Warnings by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (1741–1821) |
A Conquest by Walter Herries Pollock (1850–1926) |
Socks by Jessie Pope (1868–1941) |
The Red Fisherman by Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839) |
In the Dark, in the Dew by Mary Newmarch Prescott (1849–1888) |
The Oaten Pipe by Mary Newmarch Prescott (1849–1888) |
The Boy Van Dyck by Margaret Junkin Preston (1820–1897) |
The Mystery of Cro-a-tàn by Margaret Junkin Preston (1820–1897) |
Heaven, O Lord, I Cannot Lose by Edna Dean Proctor (1829–1923) |
A Citizen of Cosmopolis by Elizabeth Pullen |
The Crystal Fountain—From Punch |
The Marine: A Folk-Song by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) |
Cast Not Pearls Before Swine by Rahiki, of Constantinople |
To Míhri by Rahiki, of Constantinople |
Pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
My Maryland by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) |
A Rhyme of Death’s Inn by Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935) |
Rachel by Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935) |
April Weather by Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935) |
The Wedding of Pale Bronwen by Ernest Rhys (1859–1946) |
The Song of the Thrush by Rhys Goch ap Rhiccert |
Justice by Charles Francis Richardson (1851–1913) |
Evening Hymn by Chandler Robbins (1810–1882) |
Alien by William Carman Roberts (1874–1941) |
To the Lord of the Years by William Carman Roberts (1874–1941) |
The Kearsarge by James Jeffrey Roche (1847–1908) |
The V-A-S-E by James Jeffrey Roche (1847–1908) |
À Outrance by Robert Cameron Rogers (1862–1912) |
The Rosary by Robert Cameron Rogers (1862–1912) |
Indian Summer by Alice Wellington Rollins (1847–1897) |
All on One Side by Harry Romaine |
A Shelter Against Storm and Rain by Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866) |
Praise of Little Women by Juan Ruiz (active 1343) |
The Song of the Sons of Esau by Bertha Runkle (1879–1958) |
The Mountaineer by “A. E.” (George William Russell) (1867–1935) |
The Great Breath by “A. E.” (George William Russell) (1867–1935) |
From ‘Christmas Night in the Quarters’ by Irwin Russell (1853–1879) |
Nebuchadnezzar by Irwin Russell (1853–1879) |
The Cause of the South by Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886) |
Song Written at Sea by Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638–1706) |
Awake! America by Henry M. Sage (1868–1933) |
Song of the Silent Land by Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762–1834) |
Australians to the Front! by John Sandes (1863–1938) |
Are the Children at Home? by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster (1838–1912) |
Trust in Faith by George Santayana (1863–1952) |
A Life on the Ocean Wave by Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
Mystery by Minot Judson Savage (1841–1918) |
The Age of Gold by Minot Judson Savage (1841–1918) |
Rhyme of the Rail by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) |
Hide and Seek by Saxon |
Old Assyrian by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826–1886) |
Epigram to Yusuf Ben Ali Ben Yacoob by Scheichi II., surnamed Djaghidshurdshi |
Sayings of Djelim by Schinasi |
The Watch on the Rhine by Max Schneckenburger (1819–1849) |
Carlyle and Emerson by Montgomery Schuyler (1843–1914) |
The Book-Stall by Clinton Scollard (1860–1932) |
Glenlogie by Scottish Minstrelsy |
The Maid of Neidpath by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
Little Boy by William Bell Scott (1811–1890) |
“Can Find Out God?” by Eliza Scudder (1821–1896) |
No More Sea by Eliza Scudder (1821–1896) |
Peace on Earth by Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810–1876) |
Love Still Hath Something by Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701) |
I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger (1888–1916) |
To Miriam, on Her Hair by Selman |
Roll Out, O Song by Frank Sewall (1837–1915) |
Why Thus Longing? by Harriet Winslow Sewall (1819–1889) |
Civil War by Charles Dawson Shanly (1811–1875) |
Bacchus by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860–1916) |
Pepita by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860–1916) |
It is All One in the Turkish by Shermidededeh |
Death the Leveler by James Shirley (1596–1666) |
Unknown Ideal by Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1918) |
“Form Fours” by Frank Sidgwick (1879–1939) |
Mo Cáilin Donn by George Sigerson (1836–1925) |
In Green Old Gardens by Mary M. Singleton (‘Violet Fane’) (1843–1905) |
A Discovery by Menella Bute Smedley (1820–1877) |
The Lady Blanche by Alexander Smith (1830–1867) |
If I Should Die To-night by Arabella (Belle) Eugenie Smith (1844–1916) |
Address to the Mummy in Belzoni’s Exhibition by Horace Smith (1779–1849) |
Tired Mothers by May Riley Smith (1842?–1927) |
My Country, ’Tis of Thee by Samuel Francis Smith (1808–1895) |
“All the Hills and Vales Along” by Charles H. Sorley (1895–1915) |
Faith and a Heart by John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) |
The Starry Host by John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) |
A Mirror by Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908) |
Fate by Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908) |
The Second Place by Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908) |
An Antique Intaglio by Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908) |
Two Guests by Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908) |
Hold, Poets! by Richard S. Spofford |
The Winged Worshipers by Charles Sprague (1791–1875) |
Helen Keller by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908) |
Lapsus Calami by James Kenneth Stephen (1859–1892) |
Art Thou Weary? by Saint Stephen the Sabaite (725–796) |
Louis XV. by John Sterling (1806–1844) |
After the Play by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872–1962) |
The Soul’s Defiance by Lavinia Stoddard (1787–1820) |
The Winter Pine by Charles Wellington Stone (1853–1927) |
The Settler by Alfred Billings Street (1811–1881) |
The Shan Van Vocht—Street Ballad |
Sailor, What of the Debt We Owe You? by Andrew John Stuart (1880–1915) |
I Hold Still by Julius Sturm (1816–1896) |
To the Wood-Robin by John Banister Tabb (1845–1909) |
Christmas Hymn by Nahum Tate (1652–1715) |
England’s Dead by Frank Taylor |
Abraham Lincoln by Tom Taylor (1817–1880) |
A Letter by Miriam Teichner |
Hands all Round by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
The Last Hunt by William Roscoe Thayer (Paul Hermes) (1859–1923) |
Music in Camp by John Randolph Thompson (1823–1873) |
Wild Honey by Maurice Thompson (1844–1901) |
Atalanta by Maurice Thompson (1844–1901) |
Loyalist Lays by George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) |
The Cavalier’s Escape by George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) |
The Three Scars by George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) |
The White Rose Over the Water by George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) |
The Jacobites’ Club by George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) |
Smith of Maudlin by George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) |
Curfew Must Not Ring To-night by Rose Hartwick Thorpe (1850–1939) |
The Virginians of the Valley by Francis Orrery Ticknor (1822–1874) |
The Great Bell Roland by Theodore Tilton (1835–1907) |
“He Bringeth Them unto Their Desired Haven” by Lewis Frank Tooker (1855–1925) |
The Circuit Preacher by George Alfred Townsend (1841–1914) |
The Bather by Mary Ashley Townsend (1836–1901) |
A Woman’s Wish by Mary Ashley Townsend (1836–1901) |
From ‘Down the Bayou’ by Mary Ashley Townsend (1836–1901) |
Unto the Least of These Little Ones by Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945) |
The Vagabonds by John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) |
To O. S. C. by Annie Eliot Trumbull (1857–1949) |
A Summer Song by Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200–1275/6) |
Willy Reilly—Ulster Ballad |
The Silence by Emile Verhaeren (1855–1916) |
The Song of Spring by Gil Vicente (c. 1470–c. 1536) |
Sing Again by Marie Louise Van Vorst (1867–1936) |
Over the River by Nancy Amelia Woodbury Priest Wakefield (1836–1870) |
The Fairy Nurse by Edward Walsh (1805–1850) |
Ephemeron by Rosamund Marriott Watson (1860–1911) |
The Bedouin-Child by Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914) |
Wassail Chorus by Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914) |
With a Nantucket Shell by Charles Henry Webb (1834–1905) |
’Tween Earth and Sky by Augusta Webster (1837–1894) |
Circe by Augusta Webster (1837–1894) |
Little Bell by Thomas Westwood (1814–1888) |
The Woodside Way by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857–1940) |
The House of the Trees by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857–1940) |
Under the King by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857–1940) |
Out of Doors by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857–1940) |
The Wind of Death by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857–1940) |
Twilight by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857–1940) |
The Wind of Memory by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857–1940) |
In Usum Delphini by George Meason Whicher (1860–1937) |
For a November Birthday by George Meason Whicher (1860–1937) |
Night and Death by Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841) |
Our Mother by Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906) |
A Madrigal by John Wilbye (1574–1638) |
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep by Emma Hart Willard (1787–1870) |
Whilst Thee I Seek by Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827) |
From a Flemish Graveyard by Iolo Aneurin Williams (1890–1962) |
At the Breach by Sarah Williams (1837–1868) |
The Burial of Sir John Moore by Charles Wolfe (1791–1823) |
The First Battle of Ypres by Margaret L. Woods (1856–1945) |
The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842) |
A Greeting by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (Susan Coolidge) (1835–1905) |
Character of a Happy Life by Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639) |
Death an Epicurean by Jean Wright |
Kitchener by X. |
The Folk of the Air by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) |
Father Gilligan by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) |
An East-Indian Song by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) |
Marching on Tanga by Francis Brett Young (1884–1954) |
The Midnight Review by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1790–1862) |